Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , with regard to the follow-up of arrests , one of the research team was able to sit in on a Juvenile Case Referral Panel , which recommended whether juveniles should be cautioned , and another member made observations in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 2 | In Example 105 Schoenberg creates a beautifully delicate harmony , which seems to float along on a distant astral plane . |
| 3 | Scottish motorists , however , could receive preferential rates if , as expected , they are used as guinea pigs to prove that the theory of in-car navigation system can be made to work effectively on a national scale . |
| 4 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 5 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 6 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 7 | THE sons of two members of 60s rock band Cream are to appear together on a new album to be released in January . |
| 8 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has launched a multi-media messaging system , MXE , and also announced an agreement with Intel Corp to work together on a personal computer-based communications system . |
| 9 | It has provided an advice service to staff and students , conducted research and published information , but perhaps most of all has provided through its regional and local groups , and national conferences , an opportunity for teaching staff and others to meet together on a regular basis to share ideas and experience . |
| 10 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 11 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
| 12 | From an early stage regular homework is given and channels of communication are established through the child 's daily use of a homework diary , enabling parents and teachers to communicate informally on a daily basis . |
| 13 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |
| 14 | You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts . |
| 15 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 16 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 17 | As he was all poshed up in his best uniform , ready to go off on a 48-hour pass , he was not best pleased at this turn of events . |
| 18 | Both need the opportunity to explore beach and castle , to look in on a busy workshop , to wander round a ruin , to wonder at a megalithic monument , to gaze at strange animals in a wildlife park . |
| 19 | Ken meanwhile was beginning to look down on a great deal of what he had been asked to do professionally . |
| 20 | Pendine Sands , stretching east from the village of Pendine , is six miles long and wonderful to walk along on a misty day — part of the sands are controlled by the Ministry of Defence though and access is restricted . |
| 21 | ‘ I feel dressed to sail off on a luxury cruise . ’ |
| 22 | In particular the post of Secretary has become vacant and we would love to hear from anyone who may be able to help out on a temporary or more regular basis … ( see page 23 ) . |
| 23 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 24 | This was to avoid the difficult and genuinely contentious question and to focus instead on a secondary matter . |
| 25 | Alan Peter Elkin , 34 , of Oxbridge Lane , Stockton , was committed by Darlington magistrates yesterday for crown court trial on charges of passing a counterfeit £10 note and attempting to do so on a separate occasion . |
| 26 | Although Balcon was not the first to make films in Germany , he was the first to do so on a regular basis . |
| 27 | Those who wish to continue to serve can volunteer to do so on a part-time basis in the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 28 | Furthermore , it was difficult both to secure part of the surplus from self-supporting peasant households ( with a rather low participation in any monetary economy ) and to do so on a fair basis , that is , one which did not provoke revolt . |
| 29 | With a fixed exchange rate , that means that Britain loses competitiveness , and will continue to do so on a cumulative basis . |
| 30 | We wish a long and happy retirement and hope he will continue to pop in on a weekly basis to keep the Pools Syndicate going . |